The Food & Beverage industry requires reliable, constant cooling.

“Hundreds of thousands of consumers cannot go without their groceries!”

Koos van der Helm, Sales Engineer, GEA Refrigeration Technologies

GEA Refrigeration Technologies in the Netherlands is a global leader in industrial refrigeration.

One of the largest Dutch supermarket chains, servicing millions of customers every day is one of GEA’s clients. Early 2014, Energyst was called on by GEA Refrigeration Netherlands to provide a temporary cooling installation for the central distribution centre of the supermarket chain, because major service and maintenance work had to be carried out. This required switching off the cooling systems for an entire week…

Serving hundreds of thousands of consumers every day

Strict temperature regulation is an absolute requirement of the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority. It stipulates a guaranteed setpoint of 4° Celsius for the storage of food – although GEA’s supermarket client holds a setpoint of 2° Celsius. The distribution centre supplies hundreds of supermarkets, which in turn serve hundreds of thousands of consumers with fresh and refrigerated foodstuffs every day. “These consumers cannot go without their fresh, healthy groceries”, says Koos van der Helm, Sales Engineer at GEA Refrigeration Technologies. Rob Munsters, Operations Supervisor at Energyst Netherlands adds to this: “It was vital to guarantee unbroken power and cooling for the duration of the maintenance work in the warehouses.”

“Energyst responded immediately. Within only 6 hours they installed the additional capacity that solved the problem.”

Koos van der Helm

Sales Engineer at GEA Refrigeration Technologies

Pulling out all the stops to get the equipment up and running

To ensure the required constant temperature of 2°C in the distribution centre, Energyst put real energy into making all the arrangements for GEA’s customer. The team pulled together to transport and install the chillers and power generators, get the entire operation up and running, and ensure maintenance and fuel management, all in a very short time frame.

But sometimes, delivering a power and temperature control solution thoroughly and quickly is not enough.

During the test phase, it was discovered that despite accurate capacity calculations a small part of the distribution centre was not being cooled sufficiently. GEA’s Koos van der Helm: Energyst responded immediately. Within only 6 hours they installed the additional capacity that solved the problem.” As a result, GEA Refrigeration Netherlands were able to carry out a safe, thorough and complete maintenance job for the Dutch supermarket chain. And consumers throughout the Netherlands were assured of the continual flow of fresh and perfectly refrigerated goods!

The Food & Beverage industry requires reliable, constant cooling.

Not just because companies have to comply with regulations. It’s really all about preserving foodstuffs and beverages from spoiling and damage, ensuring business as usual for hundreds of outlets. Energyst was able to put Real Energy into getting a reliable temporary cooling installation into place, including responding in record time to the need for more capacity than originally planned. We could do what was needed fast, because we’re a one-stop shop, able to provide the engineering, project support and fuel management that results in unique solutions. And a reliable combination of power and temperature control that is so critical in Food & Beverage.

How can we bring Real Energy to your world?

To find out more about our design and engineering expertise, or to ask our advice on power, heating or cooling, contact your nearest Energyst rental location or simply call 00800 3637 4978. We will put all our energy into helping you find the right solution.

Technical specifications

The temporary power and cooling solution from Energyst for the supermarket chain’s distribution centre comprised 5x 500 kW chillers, 2x 500 kVA generators and 1 x 250 kVA generator; 15x 50 kW low temp air handlers, two 3,000 litre external fuel tanks and five 1,000 litre water tanks, together with power and water distribution ancillaries. Energyst also provided all of the transport, installation, commissioning, service & maintenance, and fuel management of the installation. Duration of the project: 13 February 2014 to 20 February 2014.

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